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Posted: Thu Oct 15, 2009 8:18 pm
by unkbill
smh6921 wrote:You did - then I got mad at Time Warner for continuing to raise the price of internet. They were up to $44/month - each bill was going up for the same service for no reason. Figured I could get it cheaper and since I wanted to get some kind of paid TV service, we won't be watching the movies and stuff as much online and could go with a cheaper internet service. The bundles they offered me were more than Dish or Directv and didn't even give me as much.
If it makes you feel better I just received a bill from them for $600 and some odd dollars. I tried to call them on the phone and got alot of press this number and press this number without talking to anyone. I finally wrote a reply down on the bill trying to explain that your grandpa has been dead 5 years and when do you think you will quit writing me?
Sucks to be them.
Posted: Thu Oct 15, 2009 9:30 pm
by Mommy Dearest
unkbill wrote:smh6921 wrote:You did - then I got mad at Time Warner for continuing to raise the price of internet. They were up to $44/month - each bill was going up for the same service for no reason. Figured I could get it cheaper and since I wanted to get some kind of paid TV service, we won't be watching the movies and stuff as much online and could go with a cheaper internet service. The bundles they offered me were more than Dish or Directv and didn't even give me as much.
If it makes you feel better I just received a bill from them for $600 and some odd dollars. I tried to call them on the phone and got alot of press this number and press this number without talking to anyone. I finally wrote a reply down on the bill trying to explain that your grandpa has been dead 5 years and when do you think you will quit writing me?
Sucks to be them.
Lol we need to talk about that bill.
Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2010 11:55 am
by TheCatt
TWC jacked up our internet $5/month to $55/month (we only get internet from them). So, the other day I found out that I could get Earthlink (over timewarner's lines, basically): $30 for 6 months, then $43/month after that. ($228 savings)
So I signed up. Then, called TWC to switch, and they offered me $35/month Internet for 12 months ($240 savings).
I figure once that ends, I can just switch to Earthlink for real, or maybe U-verse will be here, or TWC's Docsis 3.0 (hah) will be here.
Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2010 12:03 pm
by GORDON
Funny part is that Earthlink broadband still runs over TW-Roadrunner's lines.
Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2010 12:09 pm
by Troy
Hey I forgot to update this thread.
Remember when I was getting 100 free channels just by plug-in the tv into the wall? Well, now that I have a new TV with a digital tuner, it can decode the signal, and the 100 free channels are back, and somehow, some are in HD?
Not sure how that's possible, but hurray!
Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2010 12:13 pm
by TheCatt
All I really want is a 1mbps connection uplink without paying $120/month.
Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2010 12:16 pm
by Troy
TheCatt wrote:All I really want is a 1mbps connection uplink without paying $120/month.
I had 1.5mb, for all of 2009 for $20, now i think it goes up to $40, but the free tv makes up for it.
There is a lot of competition in Atlanta though.
Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2010 12:27 pm
by TheCatt
Troy wrote:TheCatt wrote:All I really want is a 1mbps connection uplink without paying $120/month.
I had 1.5mb, for all of 2009 for $20, now i think it goes up to $40, but the free tv makes up for it.
There is a lot of competition in Atlanta though.
There is no competition here. DSL sucks. UVerse is only in a few parts of town, ugh.
Posted: Tue Jan 12, 2010 10:42 am
by TheCatt
So... after I started the sign up process for Earthlink, my internet was strangely degraded. Speed tests were showing about 1mbps, uplink was showing about 100-150kbps.
Yesterday I canceled the order.
Today, my download is over 7mbps.
Posted: Tue Jan 12, 2010 11:16 am
by GORDON
Sue.
Then settle the suit with free internet for life.
Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2010 8:36 pm
by Malcolm
50 Mbps, Comcast? What the fuck? A fucking cable connection shouldn't have trouble streaming internet radio.
Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2010 3:59 pm
by TheCatt
We threatened to turn off our digital cable TV today, so they made us an offer.
We have digital cable (one receiver) and Turbo internet (10mbps down)... were paying $105, they offered us $84.
Posted: Fri May 20, 2011 7:42 pm
by Malcolm
Earlier this week, Comcast shoved an "update" down the pipeline. Some new features, from least to most annoying:
1) DVR interface is shittier. The DVR menu no longer loops from latest to earliest; the navigation is strictly linear and not circular anymore. The percentage of the storage remaining is now permanently displayed, which is the sole a plus I've found.
2) TV Guide interface is shittier. The guide now requires you to scroll past whatever shitty-ass show they're advertising at the bottom of the screen EVERY FUCKING FOUR CHANNELS. It treats it like a permanently fixed channel on the guide screen. Navigating the menu is now 20% slower. Thanks Comcast, way to shove shit-tacular shows down my throat that I don't want.
3) The response time of the receiver reacting to the remote control has decreased to the point where I now have to wait twice as long between button pushes for commands to register. I'd almost swear they did this to make fast-forwarding through recorded shows slower.
4) I'm not sure if it's the TV or the signal coming in, but I've got the volume on the TV cranked to maximum and some channels barely come in over a whisper. 40-50% volume used to be plenty loud for any show. All shows now require a minimum of 70-80% volume on the TV to be heard remotely clearly. Fuck you, Comcast. Fuck you very much.
None except monopolists could get away with this much idiocy. Still waiting for AT&T U-Verse to haul its sloth-like ass up here.
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Posted: Mon May 23, 2011 9:20 am
by TheCatt
We moved to a new house 1 year ago. So during that time we had a new customer promo (we started new service in my wife's name instead of transferring it).
At any rate, the promo finally ended. So our bill went to $139/month (digital cable, one digital cable box + Extreme (5/30) internet).
So I called to cancel again today, and they gave us $40/month off for 12 months. $99/month isn't too bad. And I get to keep ESPN (the only channel I actually care about).
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2012 2:32 pm
by TheCatt
The $99/month finally ended, and ended up around $127/month for digital cable + Extreme internet. Canceled the TV.
This year's offer, $119 (including taxes, etc) for: Digital Cable, Extreme Internet (5Mbps/30Mbps), and Phone (including unlimited long distance + local), including 1 HD DVR, and an additional HD box. Good for 2 years.
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Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2012 3:46 pm
by Troy
I bought the MLS Live package for 50 bucks. Computer or Ipad.
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2012 3:53 pm
by GORDON
I quit Time Warner TV about a month ago... went to DirecTV... right before the big Viacom Row and then we lost Spongbob and Futurama and the Comedy Central stuff for a week.
Anyway, saving about $75/month for TV. For the first 12 months.
Still have Time Warner internet and phone.... for now.
Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2012 11:03 am
by GORDON
Time Warner Cable is pissing of Jean Luc Picard, too.
http://www.wiot.com/cc-comm....0432632
Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2012 11:10 am
by TPRJones
Excellent! The old guard keeps trying harder and harder to put themselves out of business.
Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2012 10:35 pm
by GORDON
Got an email from TW yesterday telling me they had upgraded my speed from 1MB down to 1.5 MB, and I was welcome and Merry Christmas.